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Originally Posted by Ringo1  I've got to go back to work but wanted to respond to this. This is a thinly veiled way of saying that I will be sorry if I didn't listen to you, right? Because I received a PM saying that very thing when I posted about Lucy.
This is the kind of heavy-handedness that I think you need to gently back away from.
I do appreciate your advice; but you need to leave it at that and pedal down the scare tactics at times. That would be my only thought and I certainly don't want to hurt your feelings.
I DO know that medical personnel are not perfect; I've been on the receiving end of my very own medical mishap. But, at some point, I still have to find a doctor that I can trust - because I can't operate on myself nor can I always diagnose myself.  |
Let me say that we all responsible to take active participation in our dogs and pesonal medical care. We must take the responsibility of finding a Dr and or Vet that works well with us. One they can have confidence in and have a great communication with. As they will base their diagnosis on what we tell them. We have to be thorough in relaying those systems as we know our dogs better than they do.
A for instance. A few years back, I had been suffering from an excruciating pain. Exactly like a woman experiencing cardiac problems. After a night of such pain (I have a high tolerance for pain), I went to my GP, gave him my symptons and off I went to a Cardiac Specialist. After weeks of this test and that test, resperitory or cardiac were not the problem. Went back to my GP and we went through the tests. I asked to placate me and send me in for an ultra sound on my gall bladder. His response was, you have not given my symptoms of a gall baldder attack, but I will send you in. The next morning I went in for the test. The radiologist came out and was absolutely amazed, telling me that my gall bladder was filled with stones and not functioning. Could hardly believe that my gall bladder had not ruptured. I was admitted to the hospital that afternoon.
So, vets and doctors can only diagnose based on what we tell them. At times symptoms may be indicative of one thing and be totally something else. Process of elimination and further testing can only reveal the true diagnosis. Sometimes it is found my sheer luck. Vets or Doctors are not God, but they have attended years of advanced training and do have a greater knowledge of medicine than I do. While the internet is helpful, as you go through different sites, there are differences of opinion at each one, just like here.